Value Added Tax (VAT) is a tax charged on the sale of most goods and services in Ireland VAT is charged at different rates for various goods and services.These are the current VAT rates in Ireland that are in place for 2020 . (Updated with July Stimulus changes ) Standard rate of VAT. There is […]
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The threat of Brexit resulted in a substantial drop in the value of Sterling Vs the Euro. In the past 12 months this has helped to make importing a car from the UK to Ireland even more affordable than usual. The Pound is still providing quite good value for Irish car buyers. (See latest exchange […]
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In 2011 The Irish government (Fine Gael – Labour) launched a jobs initiative. As part of this, they reduced VAT in 2011 on many services relating to tourism.A temporary second reduced rate of VAT at 9% was introduced with effect from 1 July 2011 – and was originally due to end in December 2013 but […]
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Value Added Tax (VAT) is a tax charged on the sale of most goods and services in Ireland. There were some changes to VAT rates announced in Budget 2019 – and these changes started from January 1st 2019. The main change was the withdrawal of the special 9% rate for most tourism related activites – […]
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A new Home Renovation Incentive Scheme was announced in Budget 2014. It ended in Decmeber 2018 This is a tax relief scheme which will run from 25th October 2013 to 31st December 2018. (It was originally supposed to start in Jan 2014 but was bought forward to stop owners delaying work starting) . The Scheme […]
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